Taboola.com (TBLA) Competitors

DigitalOcean (NYSE:DOCN) and Taboola.com (NASDAQ:TBLA) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DOCN or TBLA?

DigitalOcean received 3 more outperform votes than Taboola.com when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.17% of users gave Taboola.com an outperform vote while only 46.32% of users gave DigitalOcean an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DigitalOcean	Outperform Votes 63 46.32%	Underperform Votes 73 53.68%
Taboola.com	Outperform Votes 60 73.17%	Underperform Votes 22 26.83%

Does the media prefer DOCN or TBLA?

In the previous week, Taboola.com had 7 more articles in the media than DigitalOcean. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Taboola.com and 4 mentions for DigitalOcean. DigitalOcean's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Taboola.com's score of 0.31 indicating that DigitalOcean is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DigitalOcean	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Taboola.com	0 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has better valuation & earnings, DOCN or TBLA?

DigitalOcean has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Taboola.com. Taboola.com is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DigitalOcean, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DigitalOcean	$780.62M	4.03	$19.41M	$0.87	39.28
Taboola.com	$1.77B	0.49	-$82.04M	-$0.01	-296.00

Do analysts prefer DOCN or TBLA?

DigitalOcean presently has a consensus target price of $43.27, suggesting a potential upside of 26.64%. Taboola.com has a consensus target price of $4.38, suggesting a potential upside of 47.80%. Given Taboola.com's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Taboola.com is more favorable than DigitalOcean.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DigitalOcean	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38
Taboola.com	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has more risk & volatility, DOCN or TBLA?

DigitalOcean has a beta of 1.8, indicating that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Taboola.com has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DOCN or TBLA more profitable?

DigitalOcean has a net margin of 10.86% compared to Taboola.com's net margin of -1.96%. Taboola.com's return on equity of -1.68% beat DigitalOcean's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DigitalOcean	10.86%	-43.11%	7.64%
Taboola.com	-1.96%	-1.68%	-1.04%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in DOCN or TBLA?

49.8% of DigitalOcean shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.9% of Taboola.com shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of DigitalOcean shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 22.4% of Taboola.com shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

DigitalOcean beats Taboola.com on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.